Job Summary:
NetApp is a leader in intelligent data infrastructure, and they are seeking a Senior Solutions Engineer to partner with Commercial Account Managers to drive business outcomes. The role involves serving as a technical lead, building relationships, and helping customers modernize their infrastructure and unlock the value of their data.
Responsibilities:
• Serve as the technical lead and trusted advisor across commercial accounts within your territory
• Partner closely with Commercial Account Managers to develop territory strategy, build pipeline, and drive customer success across both install base and net-new opportunities
• Build and maintain strong relationships with channel partners, VARs, and partner Solutions Engineers; collaborate closely in the field to co-sell and drive successful customer outcomes
• Lead thoughtful discovery conversations to uncover business priorities, technical challenges, growth initiatives, and modernization opportunities
• Position, demonstrate, and configure NetApp solutions across storage and data infrastructure environments including ONTAP, SAN, NAS, block, file, hybrid cloud, and data protection technologies
• Support multiple customer opportunities simultaneously across a broad territory while maintaining strong responsiveness and customer engagement
• Drive protect-and-expand motions within existing accounts while identifying and pursuing whitespace opportunities throughout the region
• Engage customers in conversations around AI readiness, hybrid cloud, cyber resiliency, modernization, and data management strategies
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Solutions Architects, Professional Services, Channel teams, and Engineering resources to deliver seamless customer experiences
• Stay current on industry trends, competitive technologies, and emerging customer challenges to bring fresh ideas and differentiated value to customer conversations
• Travel throughout the territory to support customer meetings, partner engagements, onsite presentations, and regional events
Qualifications:
Required:
• 7+ years of experience in technical pre-sales, solutions engineering, systems engineering, or a customer-facing infrastructure technology role in a quota-driven environment
• Experience supporting commercial, mid-market, or enterprise customers throughout the sales lifecycle
• Knowledge of on-prem environments including SAN, NAS, block, and file architectures, along with familiarity integrating those environments into broader IT ecosystems
• Experience positioning and configuring infrastructure solutions within customer environments and translating technical concepts into practical business value
• Ability to manage multiple customer engagements simultaneously while operating with urgency, organization, and strong attention to detail
• Experience working alongside channel partners and partner technical teams in a collaborative go-to-market model
• Strong communication, presentation, and discovery skills with the ability to build credibility across both technical and business audiences
• Self-motivated, team-oriented mindset with the ability to adapt quickly and thrive in a high-energy field environment
• Must be based in the designated metro area with the ability to support customers and partners throughout the territory
Preferred:
• Strong background in infrastructure technologies; storage and storage-adjacent technologies are highly preferred
• Familiarity with hybrid cloud platforms, virtualization technologies, backup and recovery solutions, and data protection strategies
Company:
NetApp specializes in data storage, data infrastructure, and data management solutions. Founded in 1992, the company is headquartered in San Jose, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.